Cardi B’s lengthy been an admirer of Christian Louboutin‘s, lengthy earlier than her breakout hit “Bodak Yellow” shouted out the posh shoe model and clawed its method to the highest of the Billboard Hot 100. In a brand new interview with New York Times, Christian Louboutin mentioned the Bronx MC and her Louboutin shout-out on “Bodak Yellow.”

As the document continues to prime the Hot 100 and smash radio airwaves, it’s exhausting to escape Cardi’s hit, even for Mr. Louboutin himself, who admits he’s not an enormous rap fan, however does know who Cardi B is. “She’s a rapper? This ‘Yellow’ song?” he advised New York Times. He says that whereas his buddy launched him to “Bodak Yellow,” he’s not too aware of the rapper and doesn’t get caught up in “fame.”

“My job is creating beautiful shoes,” he added. “The rest has became what it became.” That’s not to say he’s not open to assembly the singer, who has over 90 pairs of Louboutin’s “bloody shoes.” When requested if he’d be open to assembly Cardi, the shoe designer merely replied, “Why not?”

Billboard just lately spoke to Cardi’s stylist, Kollin Carter, who revealed that the rapper typically buys “red bottoms” and wears the posh shoe as a “status symbol.” “And in real life, before ‘Bodak’ blew up, she wore red bottoms because that’s what it means to make it in the Bronx,” Carter stated. “It’s a status symbol that the masses can relate to; everyday girls work hard and save up their money to have that shoe. Cardi did the same.”